What Botanical Water Technologies does

Botanical Water Technologies (BWT) is an Australia-headquartered, London-registered private company that has developed and patented Water Harvesting Units (WHUs) — 40-foot containerized systems that capture and purify evaporative condensate from fruit, vegetable, and sugar cane processing to produce potable, plant-sourced drinking water. A standard WHU reportedly harvests approximately 20,000 liters per hour (~460,000 liters per day), uses low power, is non-invasive to existing production operations, and exposes 170+ live monitoring touch points per unit. The company's intellectual property is held under the parent entity Philo Holding Company (PHC).

BWT monetizes this technology through a multi-channel model. WHUs are deployed at processor sites (sugar mills, tomato processors, fruit/vegetable concentrate facilities) under licensing/partnership arrangements with named partners including Sunshine Sugar / Manildra Group, Kagome Australia, Ingomar Packing, and Manas Agro Industries (MAIIL), at an approximate capital cost of $1 million per unit. Harvested water is then routed through (1) the AquaBotanical retail bottled water brand sold via restaurants, hotels, and grocery retailers in Australia and the USA, (2) ingredient-water supply to food and beverage manufacturers, (3) the PhiloX blockchain water-trading platform — built on Hyperledger Fabric via Fujitsu's Track and Trust — which sells Water Impact Credits (WICs) validated using Volumetric Water Benefit Accounting (VWBA), with 1% of all platform-traded water gifted to vulnerable communities via the Botanical Water Foundation, and (4) direct replenishment to irrigation districts and aquifers (e.g., Central California Irrigation District). The SWIM Mapping platform, co-developed with the Pacific Institute and unveiled at Climate Week NYC 2025, extends the stack into basin-level WASH analytics.

The company is led by founder and CEO Terry Paule (also Co-Founder and Chairman of Findex), with James Rees as Chief Impact Officer (Houston, North American operations) and Chris Karkanis as Chief Operating Officer. Backed by the Liveris and Paule Family Offices and targeting strategic sustainability investors via a $15 million raise advised by Findex, BWT is actively operating across three continents (Australia, United States, India) with marquee corporate impact sponsors including Microsoft.

Name

Botanical Water Technologies

Legal name

Philo Holding Company (PHC)

Website

https://wegrowwater.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Botanical Water Technologies deploys patented Water Harvesting Units at food processing sites to capture and purify evaporative condensate, supplying plant-sourced drinking water for retail, ingredient, and ESG/impact credit markets across Australia, the United States, and India.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Technology and Sustainable Water Sourcing

NAICS

Bottled Water Manufacturing (312112), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310)

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Beverages (2080)

akta.pro primary industry

Advanced Treatment & Purification Utilities (MF/UF, RO, AOP, UV) (EUANAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Water Reuse Utilities (ZLD/MLD & Process Water Recycling) (EUANAGAG), Distilled Water Bottling (AFAFACAD), Filtration & Water Treatment for Irrigation (Sand/Disc/Screen, Chem Treatment) (AFAAACAD)

Keywords

• Water harvesting technology
• Botanical water extraction
• Water impact credits
• Blockchain water trading
• Plant-sourced drinking water

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. AquaBotanical Water Retail Sales: Botanical Water Technologies bottles and sells plant-sourced drinking water under the AquaBotanical brand through leading restaurants, hotels, and national grocery retailers in Australia and the USA. The water contains 74 plant-derived minerals and is positioned as the world's most sustainable drinking water.
2. Ingredient Water Sales: Sell harvested plant-sourced water to food and beverage manufacturers for use as an ingredient in their products or production processes. Companies can purchase via the PhiloX platform from the nearest Botanical Water refinery, reducing transportation costs and environmental footprint.
3. Water Impact Credits (WICs): Corporations purchase WICs on the PhiloX platform to offset their water usage and achieve water-positive ESG goals. 1% of all water traded on the exchange is gifted to the world's poorest through the Botanical Water Foundation. Credits are validated using VWBA standards.
4. WHU Licensing / Technology Deployment: The company deploys its patented Water Harvesting Units (WHUs) at processor sites. Processors gain a new revenue stream by becoming suppliers of potable water, with zero impact to existing manufacturing operations. The WHU sits external to all production connected at condensate waste points.
5. Capital Raise: Botanical Water Technologies was raising $15 million in capital targeting strategic investors focused on innovation and sustainability. The company has been backed by early-stage investment from the Liveris and Paule Family Offices. Findex served as corporate advisors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Botanical Water Technologies deploys patented Water Harvesting Units (WHUs) at food and beverage processing sites to capture and purify evaporative condensate into potable plant-sourced drinking water. The harvested water is commercialized through AquaBotanical retail sales, ingredient water supply to FMCG manufacturers, and Water Impact Credits sold to corporations on the PhiloX blockchain trading platform for water-positive ESG outcomes, with the remaining percentage gifted to vulnerable communities via the Botanical Water Foundation.

Product overview

Botanical Water Technologies operates a multi-product ecosystem centered on harvesting, purifying, and distributing plant-sourced drinking water. At its core are patented Water Harvesting Units (WHUs) — 40-foot containerized systems installed at food and agricultural processing sites — which capture and purify evaporative condensate to produce potable water. This water flows into three distribution channels: the Philo Exchange (PhiloX) blockchain-powered water trading and impact platform (which also encompasses Water Impact Credits for corporate ESG offsetting); the SWIM Mapping global WASH collective action analytics platform; and the AquaBotanical Water retail brand sold to consumers. The Botanical Water Foundation distributes water at no cost to vulnerable communities. Together the platform can access up to 3 trillion litres of new sustainable water annually across 10,000+ global processing locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AquaBotanical Water: World's first plant-sourced pure drinking water, made from 100% fruit and vegetables. Award-winning bottled water product sold through restaurants, hotels, and national grocery retailers in Australia and USA.
• Botanical Water Exchange (BWX)
• Botanical Water Foundation (BWF)
• Philo Exchange (PhiloX)
• SWIM Mapping

Products and services

• Water Harvesting Units (WHUs) Patented 40-foot containerized units installed at food and beverage processing sites that capture, filter, and purify evaporative condensate from juice concentration, sugar milling, and distillation into potable plant-sourced drinking water. Each unit harvests approximately 20,000 liters per hour (about 460,000 liters per day) with over 170 live monitoring touch points and is non-invasive to existing operations.
• Philo Exchange (PhiloX) AI-native water impact platform connecting corporates, governments, and NGOs with capital, partners, and credible projects to deliver clean water. Powered by Fujitsu blockchain technology (Hyperledger Fabric), PhiloX enables transparent, verifiable water trading, purchase of Water Impact Credits, and ESG reporting for corporate water stewardship programs.
• SWIM WASH Collective Action Hotspots Map Dynamic global mapping platform built for WASH collective action that visualizes water, sanitation, and hygiene hotspots at country and basin level, integrates overlays for NGOs and corporates, and highlights shovel-ready WASH projects for WASH4Work groups. Developed in partnership with the Pacific Institute and UN Global Compact CEO Water Mandate.
• Water Impact Credits (WICs) Tradeable credits generated when potable water is delivered to communities and locations via accredited social and environmental impact programs, conforming to Volumetric Water Benefit Accounting (VWBA) standards. WICs allow corporations to offset water usage and achieve water-positive ESG goals.
• AquaBotanical Water World's first plant-sourced pure drinking water, made from 100% fruit and vegetables and containing 74 plant-derived minerals. Bottled still and sparkling variants sold through leading restaurants, hotels, and national grocery retailers in Australia and the USA.
• Botanical Water Foundation (BWF) Non-profit foundation arm that delivers Botanical Water free of charge to the world's most vulnerable people, working with charitable organizations and impact partners across the globe and existing water distribution infrastructure (Water ATM systems, mobile home parks, schools) to provide safe drinking water to communities in need.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3 trillion liters of new sustainable water annually from global food processing
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Pacific InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025Partnership to launch the SWIM WASH Collective Action Hotspots Map — a dynamic global mapping tool for WASH challenges. The Pacific Institute, a global water think tank and co-secretariat of the UN Global Compact's CEO Water Mandate, co-developed the platform with Botanical Water Technologies. The tool visualizes WASH hotspots at country and basin levels and integrates with Water Action Hub and Basin Monitoring Platform.
• Manas Agro Industries & Infrastructure Ltd (MAIIL)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2024Partnership with Indian sugar mill in Nagpur, Maharashtra to install Water Harvesting Units for sugarcane processing. Project launched November 2024 producing 300 million liters of potable water annually from 365-day sugarcane season. Water delivered to 16,000+ people in Bela village via Water ATM system.
• Ingomar Packing CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2022Strategic partnership with America's second-largest tomato processor to install Water Harvesting Units at Ingomar's Los Banos, California facility. The partnership harvests water from tomato processing condensate to produce up to 1 billion liters of potable water per season. Water supports drought-impacted communities, groundwater replenishment, and agricultural irrigation. Greg Pruett, CEO of Ingomar, has publicly endorsed the technology.
• FujitsucoreTechnology or Integration · 8 November 2021Fujitsu partnered with Botanical Water Technologies to build the world's first blockchain-based water trading platform (Botanical Water Exchange / PhiloX) using Fujitsu's Track and Trust service built on Hyperledger Fabric. Fujitsu's Enterprise Blockchain Solution Centre (Belgium) leads development with teams in India, UK, and Japan. The platform provides end-to-end transparency and traceability for water production, sales, delivery, and certification. Frederik De Breuck, Fujitsu CDO/CTO, serves on the company's advisory ecosystem.
• Placer Process SystemsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCalifornia-based sanitary process systems general engineering contractor chosen as equipment fabricator and strategic partner for manufacturing Water Harvesting Units in the US. Placer Process has decades of experience in food and beverage process systems manufacturing and is committed to sustainability and environmental responsibility.
• LimnoTechminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEnvironmental science and engineering firm providing expert strategic advice on water impact projects and the Volumetric Water Benefit Accounting (VWBA) methodology. LimnoTech validates the volume and impact of water allocations for Water Impact Credits on the PhiloX platform.
• Sunshine Sugar / Manildra GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with NSW Sugar Milling Co-operative and Manildra Group for sugar cane processing at three Australian sites (Harwood, Broadwater, Condong, NSW). Producing 140-150 million liters of potable water annually from sugar cane processing. Sunshine Sugar is the only 100% Australian-owned manufacturer of certified sustainable sugar.
• Kagome AustraliacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Australia's largest tomato processing company at Echuca, Victoria. WHU installed for processing tomatoes, carrots, and apples. Produces 25 million liters of potable water during 90-day processing season. Kagome Australia grows, harvests and processes its own produce.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Gradiant: Specialist in industrial water and wastewater treatment with strong focus on food and beverage processors, offering ZLD/MLD and process water recycling. Highly comparable because it targets the same customer base (sugar, tomato, fruit processors) seeking to recover value from process streams, even though Gradiant's water reuse is more for industrial recycling rather than potable community supply.
• SOURCE Global: Formerly Zero Mass Water, SOURCE produces premium drinking water from atmospheric water generation with a strong ESG and off-grid narrative, selling under its own brand and via partners. Comparable to BWT because both are building a new category of sustainable drinking water that competes on environmental story rather than commodity water pricing.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Environment: Global leader in water and wastewater utility services, with water reuse, desalination, and industrial water treatment offerings. Comparable as the incumbent player in water solutions that BWT's industrial-condensate harvesting could be procured alongside or against, particularly for corporates designing portfolio water strategies.
• Xylem: Large public water technology company providing treatment, transport, and monitoring equipment across municipal and industrial water segments. Comparable as a supplier of the kind of pumps, sensors, and monitoring systems (170+ touch points) embedded inside a BWT WHU installation, and as an incumbent that corporates may benchmark against for ESG water strategies.
• SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions: Major water services and technology provider with industrial water treatment, reuse, and ZLD offerings particularly strong in food processing. Comparable as a broad incumbent alternative that processors and corporates may procure for water-positive and reuse programs alongside or in lieu of BWT's plant-sourced approach.

Emerging players

• Epic Cleantec: Decentralized greywater and rainwater reuse company focused on commercial and multifamily buildings. Comparable as a smaller, venture-backed sustainable water company chasing similar ESG and water-secure supply narratives, though its application is decentralized reuse rather than industrial condensate harvesting.
• Hydraloop: Provides compact greywater recycling appliances for residential, commercial, and hospitality markets, with an ESG-driven value proposition. Comparable as a niche sustainable water technology targeting similar ESG-conscious buyers, although Hydraloop's feed stream is residential greywater rather than industrial condensate.

Others

• WaterAid: Major international NGO focused on clean water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) access in low-income countries, also working with corporate partners on Collective Action programs. Comparable as a WASH delivery and impact partner in the same ecosystem where BWT's Botanical Water Foundation operates, especially relevant for channel and partnership overlap on community impact water distribution.
• charity: water: Non-profit funding and tracking clean drinking water projects in developing countries, with strong corporate partnership and storytelling programs. Comparable as an adjacent NGO in the WASH and water impact credit ecosystem that corporate partners often consider alongside BWT's programs for ESG water allocations.
• Pacific Institute: Global water think tank and co-secretariat of the UN Global Compact CEO Water Mandate, focused on water security, basin-level research, and corporate water stewardship. Comparable as BWT's SWIM Mapping co-development partner and a broader thought-leadency player in the corporate water-positive conversation that drives WIC demand.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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Funding rounds

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